Chapter 10 Guidance on answering questions in the book

Question: Bill (Angelina's gardener) has borrowed Angelina's bicycle, but he is refusing to return it. Angelina threatens not to pay Bill's salary unless he returns the bicycle. She has very high moral standards and feels that what she has done is in fact justifiable. Has she committed blackmail?

Answer guidance: It appears she has not. First Angelina has a strong argument that the demand made is warranted. She is entitled to ask for her bicycle back. Second, she believes it to be warranted and that the means for enforcing the demand is warranted.

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